3/25/2025
Pro Pulling League
PPL Champion Hirt and Hot Shot's Secret Join Forces for Display of Power and Performance at MATS 2025
Sellersburg, IN (March 25, 2025) – The Mid-America Trucking Show, the largest annual trucking event in the world, will host a who's who in the trucking industry this week at the Kentucky Exposition Center in Louisville, Kentucky starting Thursday, March 27th through Saturday, March 29th. For this year's event, Jeff Hirt, reigning champion in the Mini Rod division presented by SCS Gearbox/Probell Racing, will have his championship-winning "B-Bare" and "Lil Bare" Hemi-powered machines on display in the Hot Shot's Secret booth, booth number 12036 in the North Wing.
Jeff will be signing autographs on Saturday, March 29th, 2025 from 12:00pm to 1:00pm. The Steve Sommers Overnight Drive Radio Show, powered by Hot Shot's Secret will also be broadcasting from the booth daily, airing on Thursday, March 27, Noon - 5:00 pm; Friday, March 28, Noon. - 5:00 pm; and Saturday, March 29, 10:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m. Jeff will be interviewed on the show Saturday at 11:30 am. All times Eastern. The show and Jeff's interview can be heard by listening at www.overnightdriveradio.com
"We are so excited to have not just one, but two mini rods in our MATS booth this year, and we are extremely grateful to our friend Jeff Hirt for making that happen," said Kyle Fischer, Director of Field Marketing & Partnerships for Hot Shot's Secret. "Jeff has been a great ambassador for the sport of pulling, as well as a great partner to Hot Shot's Secret, and I'm sure the guests at MATS this year will enjoy meeting Jeff and checking out his awesome tractors in our booth."
"I'm looking forward to the 2025 season with Hot Shot's Secret joining forces with the Pro Pulling League," offered Jeff Hirt. "It will be a great way to spread the word about Hot Shot's Secret."
"Jeff's energetic spirit on and off the track makes our fan base gravitate toward him," noted PPL's Chief Competition Officer Johnathan Mears. "This is a great opportunity for him to engage with longtime pulling fans and draw new fans to our sport...we thank Hot Shot's Secret for providing an awesome platform to spread the word about pulling."
More information on the Mid-America Trucking Show can be found at https://truckingshow.com/#
About Hot Shot’s Secret®
Powered by science and with a commitment to environmental stewardship, Hot Shot’s Secret® offers a diverse line of high-performance and preventative maintenance products including fuel and oil additives, engine and gear oil, greases, lubricants, and coolants developed as problem-specific solutions for gas- and diesel-powered vehicles. Major markets include automotive, racing, heavy-duty, fleet, powersports, RV, and agriculture. As the USA's fastest-growing high-performance lubricant brand, Hot Shot’s Secret is manufactured by Lubrication Specialties® (LSI) in Mount Gilead, OH. LSI is a wholly owned subsidiary of Gold Eagle® Company (Chicago).
About Hot Shot's Secret Pro Pulling League:
Celebrating its' twentieth season, the Pro Pulling League continues as the world's largest truck and tractor pulling sanctioning body, featuring 300 sessions of competition across twenty states through the Champions Tour, Hart's Diesel Silver Series, Champion Seed Western Series, AP1 Insurance Midwest Region and their member-states. The Pro Pulling League is the only sanctioning body to offer pulling coverage across all broadcast platforms, through their own in-house live stream service (www.propulling.tv),and cable access through www.MAVTV.com and www.CBSSports.com.
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Champions Tour Marketing Partners:
ApexTurbo - Big St. Charles Motorsports - Fair Valley Performance - Lemke Motorsports - Mitas Agricultural Tires - SCS Gearbox/Probell Racing - Summit Racing Equipment
Hart's Diesel Silver Series Marketing Partners:
Advanced Yield - Kawasaki Parts Warehouse
Champion Seed Western Series Marketing Partners:
Tuff Wireless - Sancrest Trailer Sales - Sancrest Specialized Transport - No Way Man Diesel
Submitted By: Bryan Lively